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Re: How To: Adventures in Food Storage with Mylar Bags

Swiss Heritage — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 17:26:51 -0000

How long will food stay in a mylar bag if sealed properly?

Re: How To: Adventures in Food Storage with Mylar Bags

rga — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:23:32 -0000

peppermint oil! it works. just dab some on a cotton ball and place wherever rodents may appear.

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rga — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:21:26 -0000

i've used cotton balls with a bit of pure peppermit oil to deter rodents. worked like a charm throughout our house when the critters tried to settle in...

Re: How To: Adventures in Food Storage with Mylar Bags

Tmowrey — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:21:11 -0000

Is there a shelf unit that holds mylar bags? Any organization tips on storing the bags?

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GoGirl — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:45:04 -0000

We've had good success discouraging rodents by sprinkling black pepper around the area we want them to stay out of. When you access your things, it's better to have black pepper than rodent droppings.

Re: How To: Adventures in Food Storage with Mylar Bags

Lehfarm — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 10:40:07 -0000

Does anyone know what the difference is between oxygen absorbers and moisture absorbers? Which one is supposed to be used in mylar bags for long term storage. Also, should I not use either with brown sugar since it is moist?

Re: How To: Adventures in Food Storage with Mylar Bags

Michael Mcgibbon — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:08:41 -0000

Im new at this. Heres my dilemma. There are only 2 people my wife and myself doing this.I stored 3- 5 gallon buckets with rice the proper way. My question is for only 2 of us should I be storing cereals and beans in smaller bags and then put them in food grade buckets? I dont need to open a 5 gallon pail to make a meal. Is it wiser to use more bags with smaller quantities? Thankyou

Re: How To: Adventures in Food Storage with Mylar Bags

Italiand79 — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:11:11 -0000

I am so new to useing Mylar bags. I just bought some from Ebay. The 1gal. w/o2. Does anyone know where there is a list of food you can put in the mylar bags? Also how long does food say good in Mylar bags for? I read 1 to 25 years. Also a friend told me she uses her hair straightener to seal tthe mylar bags up with. Also if anyone knows how long food stay good in glass jars? This is the frist I heard of this on this site. Thanks!!

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Re: How To: Adventures in Food Storage with Mylar Bags

Granola Girl — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:03:19 -0000

We are going on over two years. The mylar/o2 bags are then stored in plastic 55 gallon barrels and sunk into our root cellar and garage. They do just fine. At one year you should be good. The shelf life of sugar is indefinite if stored properly.

Re: How To: Adventures in Food Storage with Mylar Bags

millsusaf — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:21:27 -0000

Granola Girl,

How long has your sugar been packed when you got these results? I just packed 85lbs of sugar in mylar and O2 and am very curious. My food storage prep goal is 1 year.

Thanks

Re: How To: Adventures in Food Storage with Mylar Bags

Granola Girl — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:54:14 -0000

We have been sealing sugar in mylar bags with o2 absorbers for quite some time. It does not turn sugar into a solid rock. Due to crystallization of sugar, the ability of an o2 absorber to work is magnified. Sugar is much less dense than say flour. For this reason, the sugar becomes slightly clumpy like brown sugar since it is under enormous pressure of the nitrogen from the o2 absorber. It easily breaks apart and is just fine once you reintroduce oxygen and the pressure is minimized.

Re: How To: Adventures in Food Storage with Mylar Bags

fred — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:15:32 -0000

the article above said:
"It requires a Mylar Bag Sealer which, if you live in Utah, can be borrowed for free from many of the LDS Canneries."

...this statement may confuse people. I live in Houston, TX. Our cannery lends out the sealer too. Just wanted to clarify so people in other states realize they can still borrow from their local LDS cannery.

Re: How To: Adventures in Food Storage with Mylar Bags

John D. — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:21:22 -0000

Somewhere I read about an insect repellent formula using peppermint oil, thyme oil, and one other ingredient. Would someone please guide/direct me to that section, or article?

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Mrs. Organic — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:50:02 -0000

I know you like basmati rice (so do I) - does it store any different than regular long grain white rice?

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Cascade — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:43:44 -0000

I was wondering if you know anything about storing thinks you would usually have in your pantry like chocolate chips, crackers, pasta, brown or powdered sugar, or cold cereal, into the mylar bags. I have heard that they can be stored in the glass canning jars using a food sealer, but I would rather not use glass if I can help it.

Re: How To: Adventures in Food Storage with Mylar Bags

phil801 — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:11:21 -0000

Thanks TuxGirl, you're absolutely right! I'm going to be covering this in an upcoming post.

Re: How To: Adventures in Food Storage with Mylar Bags

TuxGirl — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:08:00 -0000

I know that in Washington state at least, a number of people have had problems with rodents getting into food-storage in mylar bags, so if you're going this route, make sure that you store the bags someplace rodent-proof. I know enough people who've lost the majority of their food storage because of rodents chewing through the mylar bags, that I'm sticking with #10 cans for now.

Re: How To: Adventures in Food Storage with Mylar Bags

phil801 — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:52:23 -0000

Thanks Carl! That is excellent information that I was not familiar with at all.

Re: How To: Adventures in Food Storage with Mylar Bags

Carl In Wisconsin — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:15:21 -0000

I use a cheap household clothes iron( $7.00 at the Dollar General) to seal the bags.
I put a 3/4" piece of wood behind the bag and press the iron to the otherside. I always use the hottest setting. I get a really good seal this way. You can use O2 aborbers or a peice of dry ice( wait to seal untill all the ice is discipated into gas.) I buy large Mylar bags from Walton Feed or Emergency essentials or Major Surplus and cut them up and use the iron Method.